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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Geographic Overview -- 2. The Early History of Afghanistan: Migrations, Displacements, and the Struggle for Domination -- 3. The Passage of Alexander the Great, 330-323 BC -- 4. Disintegration of Greek Power in the East and the Rise of New Empires: Greco-Bactrians, Sakas, Kushans, and Ephthalites, 323 BC-642 AD -- 5. The Arab Conquest and Islamization of Afghanistan, 642-921 AD -- 6. Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Rise of Local Muslim Dynasties, 921-1215 AD -- 7. The Mongol Cataclysm, 1220-1370 -- 8. Timur and the Timurids, 1335-1526 -- 9. Afghan Tribes and the Gunpowder Empires, 1500-1709 -- 10. The Rise of Local Afghan States and Their Invasion of Persia, 1709-1747 -- 11. The Durrani Empire and the Emergence of Modern Afghanistan, 1747-1834 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective.The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialis

Preliminary Material /G. Fagan and M. Trundle -- Introduction /Garrett G. Fagan and Matthew Trundle -- 1. Weapons, Technological Determinism, And Ancient Warfare /Fernando Echeverría Rey -- 2. Chariotry To Cavalry: Developments In The Early First Millennium /Robin Archer -- 3. "I Fell Upon Him Like A Furious Arrow": Toward A Reconstruction Of The Assyrian Tactical System /Garrett G. Fagan -- 4. All The King's Horse: In Search Of Achaemenid Persian Cavalryby Christopher Tuplin /G. Fagan and M. Trundle -- 5. A Cup By Douris And The Battle Of Marathon /Peter Krentz -- 6. "Those Who Sail Are To Receive A Wage": Naval Warfare And Finance In Archaic Eretria /Hans Van Wees -- 7. Coinage And The Transformation Of Greek Warfare /Matthew Trundle -- 8. The Carthaginian Navy: Questions And Assumptions /Louis Rawlings -- 9. Phalanges In Rome? /Nathan Rosenstein -- 10. Caesar And The Helvetians /David Potter -- Bibliography /G. Fagan and M. Trundle -- Index /G. Fagan and M. Trundle -- Illustrations /G. Fagan and M. Trundle.

"In Brill's Companion to Military Defeat in Ancient Mediterranean Society, Jessica H. Clark and Brian Turner lead a re-examination of how Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman societies addressed - or failed to address - their military defeats and casualties of war. Original case studies illuminate not only how political and military leaders managed the political and strategic consequences of military defeats, but also the challenges facing defeated soldiers, citizens, and other classes, who were left to negotiate the meaning of defeat for themselves and their societies. By focusing on the connections between war and society, history and memory, the chapters collected in this volume contribute to our understanding of the ubiquity and significance of war losses in the ancient world. Contributors are: Craig Caldwell, Jessica H. Clark, Sviatoslav Dmitriev, Edith Foster, Max Goldman, John Hyland, Paul Johstono, Sarah Melville, Ida Östenberg, Amy Richlin, Nathan Rosenstein, Jeffrey Rop, Matthew Trundle, Brian Turner, Graeme A. Ward."--Provided by publisher

This volume on different aspects of warfare and its political implications in the ancient world brings together the works of both established and younger scholars working on a historical period that stretches from the archaic period of Greece to the late Roman Empire. With its focus on cultural and social history, it presents an overview of several current issues concerning the "new" military history. The book contains papers that can be conveniently divided into three parts. Part I is composed of three papers primarily concerned with archaic and classical Greece, though the third covers a wide range and relates the experience of the ancient Greeks to that of soldiers in the modern world - one might even argue that the comparison works in reverse. Part II comprises five papers on warfare in the age of Alexander the Great and on its reception early in the Hellenistic period. These demonstrate that the study of Alexander as a military figure is hardly a well-worn theme, but rather in its relative infancy, whether the approach is the tried and true (and wrongly disparaged) method of Quellenforschung or that of "experiencing war," something that has recently come into fashion. Part III offers three papers on war in the time of Imperial Rome, particularly on the fringes of the Empire. Covering a wide chronological span, Greek, Macedonian and Roman cultures and various topics, this volume shows the importance and actuality of research on the history of war and the diversity of the approaches to this task, as well as the different angles from which it can be analysed

This is a major study of the ideas and practices involved in the making and breaking of peace treaties and truces from Classical Greece to the time of the Crusades. Leading specialists on war and peace in ancient and medieval history examine the creation of peace agreements, and explore the extent to which their terms could be manipulated to serve the interests of one side at the other's expense. The chapters discuss a wide range of uses to which treaties and other peace agreements were put by rulers and military commanders in pursuit of both individual and collective political aims. The book also considers the wider implications of these issues for our understanding of the nature of war and peace in the ancient and medieval periods. This broad-ranging account includes chapters on ancient Persia, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings